Who owns SAINT AVE?
SAINT AVE is owned by SIFCA (Côte d'Ivoire).[1]
This ownership is reported in official statements but has not yet been matched to a regulatory filing.
Evidence: Groupe SIFCA — Oléagineux. Last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- SIFCA reported
- Owner HQ
- 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire, Abidjan
- Origin
- 🇨🇮 Côte d'Ivoire
- Category
- Food › Dairy & alternatives › Butter
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About SAINT AVE
SAINT AVE is one of the two margarines SANIA sells, the other being DELICIA, and it is where SIFCA's palm oil reaches shoppers in a form other than a bottle of cooking oil. It comes from the same Abidjan refinery as the group's oil brands, which takes all of its crude oil from PALMCI's plantations and from the village planters PALMCI supplies with seedlings, tools and fertiliser.
Ownership timeline of SAINT AVE
Where SAINT AVE sits in SIFCA
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
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Other brands owned by SIFCA
SIFCA controls 5 brands on Brandtree, 5 of them in food.
Also in food
Other brands in butter, and who owns them
The 51 brands in butter on Brandtree belong to 30 owners. The largest is KKR, with 7; SIFCA has 2.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Becel | KKR | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Breakstone's | Dairy Farmers of America | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Fleurial | Cevital Agro-Industrie | 🇩🇿 Algeria |
| Familia | Lesieur Cristal | 🇲🇦 Morocco |
| Clover | Saputo | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Mavesa | Empresas Polar | 🇻🇪 Venezuela |
| Anchor | Lactalis | 🇫🇷 France |
| Neo Soft | Megmilk Snow Brand | 🇯🇵 Japan |
About the owner: SIFCA
SIFCA is a privately held company headquartered in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire, founded in 1964. Brandtree records 5 brands under its control.
SIFCA is an Ivorian agro-industrial group founded in 1964 by the coming together of two property and finance companies, which moved into coffee and cocoa trading before settling on the three crops it works today: oil palm, sugar cane and natural rubber. It operates in five countries, employs more than 33,000 people across thirteen subsidiaries — three of them, SAPH, PALMCI and SUCRIVOIRE, listed on the Abidjan exchange — and is still a family-controlled business. Its consumer brands all come from one subsidiary, the refiner SANIA, which SIFCA describes as the largest refinery in Africa at 1,500 tonnes of refined oil a day and which buys the whole of PALMCI's crude palm oil output.
🇨🇮 SAINT AVE and other Ivorian brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 7 brands that began in Côte d'Ivoire. 1 of them (14%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; SAINT AVE is not one of them.
- Air Côte d'Ivoire — Air Côte d'Ivoire 🇨🇮
- Moov Africa Côte d'Ivoire — Maroc Telecom 🇲🇦
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of SAINT AVE?
The parent company of SAINT AVE is SIFCA, a privately held company headquartered in Côte d'Ivoire.
Is SAINT AVE Ivorian?
Yes. SAINT AVE originated in Côte d'Ivoire and its owner, SIFCA, is also headquartered in Côte d'Ivoire.
Is SAINT AVE still owned by SIFCA?
Yes. As of 20 September 2026, SAINT AVE is still owned by SIFCA. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Groupe SIFCA — Oléagineux — SIFCA, Official document; retrieved 20 September 2026.
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